AIBU here? I've just left hospital. I desperately want to just be gone because it appears that there's no help for people like me. I do not have depression or anxiety, I have visions and voices and my brain just doesn't function in the way it should. But all of the doctors and nurses just kept going on about anxiety and depression. Where is the help for someone like me? I need something more than counselling! They gave me referrals and leaflets but they're all about the same. I don't know if I have schizophrenia, or maybe some kind of disorded personality. I even went to a specialist retreat last year and still it was just depression, anxiety, repeat on loop! I have neither! This is just a whinge but AIBU to think that mental health services are really poor in this country (UK)?
AIBU?
There are more mental health issues than anxiety and depression
IamaRevenant · 28/03/2024 07:21
Am I being unreasonable?
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POLLGoodOldEmmaNess · 28/03/2024 07:26
Hi IamaRevenant , sorry you are finding it hard to get the help you need. Have the healthcare people that you have seen explained why they are viewing your difficulties solely in the framework of anxiety and depression when you are having psychotic symptoms too?
Psychosis is extremely common and most mental health professionals would be picking up on these symptoms too.
Perhaps they feel that anxiety is a very significant trigger for your psychotic symptoms and that is why they are emphasising it?
Wotchaz · 28/03/2024 07:37
Should NC for this but I cba. I’m sorry you’re having a shit time OP, I completely sympathise. I have DID and it appears there’s no one in the NHS who can treat me. I need long-term therapy and there’s literally no one in my local trust with the training or experience to do it and they won’t refer out of area. Spent some time in hospital too and other than once a week with a psychologist I had no input, felt like I was there for babysitting not treatment.
But I’m mostly posting because your OP rang some bells. I hear voices, but it’s my alters not psychosis. And often my flashbacks feel like visions, but they’re showing me things that have already happened (some of which the alter in “front” might not be aware of/recognise). It’s not well recognized/diagnosed, but that feeling of just being “wrong” really spoke to me. Maybe have a google if you’re feeling up to it and see whether anything rings a bell?
BC2603 · 28/03/2024 08:21
I have bipolar - misdiagnosed for years as depression. Meant my cycles were still not under control so semi highs (I’m type 2 so don’t get euphoric) would cause massive depressive episodes. I ended up going to a private psychiatrist to get my diagnosis and treatment plan. In almost a decade no one had put together the depressive episodes
IamaRevenant · 28/03/2024 08:40
It's really frustrating isn't it? I've been misdiagnosed for about a decade I think - I still take meds because I have insomnia and they help me sleep. But they don't help the voices! The only doctor who has ever been slightly helpful told me I had psychosis and possible dual personalities (which I think is now called DID as a previous poster mentioned). But there's been no follow up at all. Just the same old 'signposting' to the same forms of support for anxiety and depression...
I think I'm going to go private but I already did that and it cost 11 grand, and here I am, still the same and still totally not right in the head. Could you tell me who you went with for private? Because the ones I've seen have been a bit rubbish tbh. Pm me if you don't want to post identifying info!
BC2603 · 28/03/2024 08:21
I have bipolar - misdiagnosed for years as depression. Meant my cycles were still not under control so semi highs (I’m type 2 so don’t get euphoric) would cause massive depressive episodes. I ended up going to a private psychiatrist to get my diagnosis and treatment plan. In almost a decade no one had put together the depressive episodes
IamaRevenant · 28/03/2024 07:54
I've just googled and yes, this really resonates! I'm sorry you've been through this. I'm going to have more of a read. If you don't mind me asking, how did you get your diagnosis?
Wotchaz · 28/03/2024 07:37
Should NC for this but I cba. I’m sorry you’re having a shit time OP, I completely sympathise. I have DID and it appears there’s no one in the NHS who can treat me. I need long-term therapy and there’s literally no one in my local trust with the training or experience to do it and they won’t refer out of area. Spent some time in hospital too and other than once a week with a psychologist I had no input, felt like I was there for babysitting not treatment.
But I’m mostly posting because your OP rang some bells. I hear voices, but it’s my alters not psychosis. And often my flashbacks feel like visions, but they’re showing me things that have already happened (some of which the alter in “front” might not be aware of/recognise). It’s not well recognized/diagnosed, but that feeling of just being “wrong” really spoke to me. Maybe have a google if you’re feeling up to it and see whether anything rings a bell?
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